Company’s Response on Controversial Scene on New Film

Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding the film ‘Vijay and I’

The film ‘Vijay and I’ is a comedy set in the New York about a German jobbing actor, Will Wilder, who reinvents himself after an accident where everyone thinks he has died. With the help of his friend, an Indian restaurant owner, the main character attends his own funeral disguised as an elegant and respectable Sikh man called Vijay Singh.

The film is a romantic comedy and while acting as Vijay Singh, Will puts the spark back into his marriage and his family relationships. The film was made by a German filmmaker Sam Garbarski in 2013.

The scene that you have complained about was not highlighted by our Compliance Viewer as problematic and we are sorry if you found it offensive. The film is not one that is intentionally offensive or insulting to the Sikh religion. Indeed, when the main character is a Sikh he is a much more romantic and charming man that he was originally. In light of your complaints we have removed the film from our service to review it.

We are sorry that you have felt it necessary to get in touch with us on this matter , on this occasion but we hope the above at least reassures you that we are a responsible broadcaster who takes it obligations to its customers seriously.